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"This raises serious questions about whether the company has broken U.S. law, and I encourage the appropriate agencies to investigate to ensure that Americans have not had their privacy violated," he said. "I am concerned that the admitted phone hacking in London by the News Corp. may have extended to 9/11 victims or other Americans. If they did, the consequences will be severe."

Unless there is evidence that the misdeeds extended beyond the News of the World, it is unlikely there will be any significant fall-out in the US....

Here you go -

"According to The Guardian, The Independent and the BBC, investigators working for the News of the World, The Sun and The Sunday Times obtained information about (then PM Gordon) Brown's family, his legal, his financial and his medical records."

"The Sunday Times allegedly posed as Brown to obtain his personal financial records."

"The Daily Mirror also floated allegations that News of the World journalists tried to hack into the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks. A source told the Mirror that a then-New York City police officer (now a private investigator) was approached and offered money if he would hack into the victims' voicemail. The officer reportedly declined the offer."

"The growing phone hacking scandal has sent News Corp’s shares down 13% since the story first broke. The share price collapse had wiped more than $5bn off the market value of News Corp. The drop was most painfully felt by the Murdoch family, which with a 39.7% shareholding, saw its paper fortune reduced by more than $2bn."

Unless there is evidence that the misdeeds extended beyond the News of the World, it is unlikely there will be any significant fall-out in the US.

On a related subject, I find it interesting that after selling off DirecTV and calling satellite service a "turd bird", News Corp is looking to aquire a satellite service in the UK.

The way that News Of The World was shut down almost instantly makes me wonder if it isn't an attempt to stem interest before other holdings start receiving scrutiny. It seems a little suspiscious to me.

"Move along folks. Nothing more to see here."

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."--Frank Zappa

I like Fox News. CNN, MSNBC and the network news casts only give a one sided viewpoint. Fox News constantly beats all of them in ratings.

Not for much longer -

"...the latest ratings survey once again has Fox News slouching alone as the only cable news network to lose viewers year-over-year. The decline holds for both total viewers and for the 25-54 year old demographic, with the worst showing a double-digit decline in the demo for primetime."

I've also been criticized and labeled for saying I don't like Fox News (for the record, I'm not crazy about CNN, MSNBC, or pretty much any source that calls themselves journalism, though TV networks are the worst offenders in my eyes, and Fox News the worst of the bunch), so I debated on saying anything negative toward News Corp.

However, I will say this. I do NOT like Rupert Murdoch. I respect some of his business abilities but at the end of the day, I too can say I was very happy when News Corp. stopped being associated with DirecTV. Makes paying that bill out all the more easier.

On the other hand, I'm quite thankful for Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. for turning the SpaceWays into video satellites, and putting so much of an emphasis on HD channels (both local and national) while at DirecTV.

I like Fox News. CNN, MSNBC and the network news casts only give a one sided viewpoint. Fox News constantly beats all of them in ratings.

:lol: And Fox News isn't one sided?A prominent Fox News host, Chris Wallace, admitted that Fox News one sided. He said, "They (liberal media) have a liberal agenda, and we (Fox News) tell the other side of the story."

Fair and balanced? :lol:

If you stop responding to them or put them on ignore, then eventually they'll go away.

How is this post any different than the numerous political threads that are banned? Your post is out of line because using a CNN report about News Corp is very prejudicial.

Don't think it really matters. This story is about the corporate world spying on the personal lives of individuals. And has nothing to do with politics of the corporation. Individuals would be just as pissed if it was done by a corporation with leanings in the other political direction.